Tire for vehicle-wheels.



No. 810,921. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

A; DEWES. J TIRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS. v APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1905. Fr.

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ing of a hard tough ABEDNEGO DEWES, OF NEW YORK,

TIRE FOR VEH 7 $pecification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 20, 1905; Serial No. 270,471.

PATENT OFFICE.

lCLE-WHEELSL Patented Jan. 30,,1906.

To all whofit it ii /00y concern:

Be it known, that 'I, ABEDNEGO Dawns, a l citizen of the United States, and a resident\ of New York, county of Kings, State of New. York, have invented Improvements in Tires for Vehicle-Wheels, of which the following is a specification. y

The solid flexible tire for vehicle-wheels forming the subject of this invention'comrises a strip or core permanently embedded in the base portion or surface of the flexible body of the tire that seats on the periphery of the felly of the wheel, said strip or core be- 7 nature capable of intimate connection with the material of the tire as it is formed ormolded around the core and submitted to a setting process, as by vulcanization. T hestrip or core is preferably composed of layers of canvas or other suitable fabric and a vulcanizable material .compressed to such an extent as to afford a firm anchorage for screws, which, with the tire applied to a wheel, are passed through the felly and screwed into it, thereby firmly holding the flexible tire on the periphery of the telly. v

' It is formed with a plurality of undercut re cesses at each of its side edges, thereby providing two or more locking means at each side of the flexible tire for those portions thereof which lie between the undercut recesses of the core and the clamping-faces of side flanges which are secured to the sides of the felly by bolts or other suitable means and which are formed at their outer parts to extend beyond the periphery of the telly to embrace side extensions or beads formed at the lower parts of the flexible tire.

To describe the invention more particularly, reference will now be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a vehicleheel, showing this improved tire applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing a modification of the arrangement of the retaining-core in the flexible tire, and Fig. 4 is a detached view of a double-lock retaining-core as made before it is applied to and vulcanized in the flexible tire. I

he felly a; the spokes b, and the flat metal per pheral band 0 of the wheel are of ordinary construction.

. Duringthe process of forming the flexible tire d the retaining strip or core e,.previously formed in the desired shape, is embedded in the flexible tire and in the core being such that their contacting surfaces will become amalgamated or welded together during the setting or hardening process. The composition of the flexible tire cl is preferably, as is usual in this class of tires, of a nature adapted to be molded into form and set by vulcanis zation', and the-strip or core e' is preferably made of layers of canvas or other suitable fabric cemented or held together by a vulcanizabl'e composition solidly compressed and sufficiently vulcanized to retain itsdesired shape, .but'capable of intimate connection with the. material of the tire d'as it is set or ing strip or core 2' may be made in suitable lengths to extendaround or as sections Within the flexible tire (I, which will for'most purp'osesbe 'formedas a continuous ring.

- The retaining-strip e in cross-sections is preferably formed, as shown at Fig. 4, with a plurality of beveled or undercut recesses at its sides, two such undercut recesses ff and g 9 being shown and considered a suitable formation ,fOrthe size and shape of tire illustrated. l

Screws ph-h are passed through the 'felly a and band .0 of the wheel and screwed into the core e, which by reason of its toughness, due to its constnuction, affords retentive grip for thescrewsto hold the tire against the felly or of the felly a are formed to extend'beyond the periphery of the felly with recessed portions which embrace on-the sides of the tire d at the lower .part

outwardly, as shown. I i

The tire (I with its permanently-connected retaining-core e is made preferably so much wider than the felly a, that it will be com i pressed at its lower part by the side flanges i when these flanges are seated firmly against the ielly.

therein, the nature of the materials comprised It will be understood that in this class of vulcanized in a suitable mold. The retainfelly-bancl and prevent creeping action of the 7 The side flanges it are secured to the sides. by bolts and nuts m m. Theyand gripextension or beads formed thereof, and their outer edges 7c 7c are curved.

solid flexib1e'tires used with side retainingmay be termed dead material the portion that is active -or resilient 'un der loads for the most part pro'ects beyond the side flanges, and it is one the aims-of-this invention to save or reduce the dead portion.

lflanges aeconsiderableportion .of the tire lying within. 'or between the firing sis what and that -of the flexible tire as much as possible, the retaining-core a being for'that reason of such size as to replace so much of the flexible tire as not to detract its efliciency, and as the rr'1a terials of which. the retaining-core is made is much less expensive-than that of the flexible ,tire a considerable saving in cost of manufacture is had.

For some purposes the retaining-core e be fully embedded in the flexible tire,

may wit a narrow layer, as n', of the tire material beneath the core, as shown at Fig. 3, instead ofebeing' located at the base of the tire, as illustrated at- Figs. 1 and 2.

I'claim as my invention 1 "A solid tire for vehiole-wheels'pompos'ed of a flexible material, adapted to be seated on the periphery-of a wheel-felly, and a retainingstripor core having'a plurality of undercut recesses formed in each of its two side edges, embedded in'the flexible material so 3 seating portion of'the' flexible tire and adapt asto bewholly within or above the base or ed to receive the threaded portions of screws passedthrough the fell of the wheel.

' 2. Asolid tire for ve icle-Wheels,composed of a flexible. material. and-"a retaining strip I consisting of compacted layers of fabric and a vulcanizable, material having a plurality of undercut recesses each of 'its two edges,

embedded in the base of the flexible material wholly Within or above the .seatin -surface thereof and welded thereto by vulcanizing process said retaining-strip being ada ted to receive the thread (1 portions of holdingscrews.

3. In combination, the felly of a wheel, aflexible tire adapted-toseat on the periphery. of the felly and having the lower parts ofits sides formed to extendbeyond the sides of 7 the fellyya retaining strip or core with'a plurality of undercut recesses at its sides embedded in the seating side ofand welded by vulcanization "to the flexible tire; side flanges adapted to the side extensions of the *flexible tire; means for clamping the side flanges to the felly'yandscrews passed radially through the felly into the retaining strip or core 'of the flexible tire.

4. A solid flexible tire having embedded whollywithin its lower or seating side a noncompressible retaining-strip formed with a plurality of undercut recesses in each of its side edges a felly on which the flexible tire by its flat base'is seated; and side flanges secured to the felly and shapedto clamp the sides of the flexible tire, the distance between the clamping-faces ofthe flanges and the outer points of the two or more un ercut recesses on the two sides of the retaining=strip being lessthan the distances between said clamping-faces and the inner partsof said recesses;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed nriyname this 18th day of July, 1905.1

I 'ABEDNEGODEWES. .Witnesses:

' M. TURNER, H. ScHwANK. 

